Headline (film)
Appearance
Headline | |
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Directed by | John Harlow |
Written by | Kenneth Attiwill (novel) Ralph Gilbert Bettison Maisie Sharman |
Produced by | John Corfield Joseph Janni |
Starring | David Farrar Anne Crawford William Hartnell |
Cinematography | Geoffrey Faithfull |
Edited by | Francis Cockburn |
Music by | Percival Mackey |
Production company | John Corfield Productions |
Distributed by | Associated British Film Distributors |
Release date | 24 January 1944 |
Running time | 75 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Headline is a 1944 British thriller film directed by John Harlow and starring David Farrar, Anne Crawford, William Hartnell and John Stuart.[1] It was based on the 1933 novel Reporter! by Ken Attiwill.[2] Its plot involves a crime reporter who searches for a mystery woman who has witnessed a murder. It was shot at the Riverside Studios in Hammersmith. The film's sets were designed by the art director James Carter.
Cast
- David Farrar as 'Brookie ' Brooks
- Anne Crawford as Anne
- John Stuart as L.B. Ellington
- Antoinette Cellier as Mrs. Margaret Ellington
- William Hartnell as Dell
- Anthony Hawtrey as Paul Grayson
- Richard Goolden as Arthur Jones
- Lorna Tarbat as Betty
- Merle Tottenham as Mrs. Deans
- Joss Ambler as Chief Sub-Editor
- Nancy O'Neil as Molly Dean
- Ian McLean as Inspector Dodds
- Elsie Wagstaff as Mrs. Daly
- Edgar Driver as Photographer
References
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 21 October 2012. Retrieved 25 August 2010.
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Bibliography
- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.